NATO report details impact of BPL

A report by NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) describes the effect that widespread BPL application could have on the HF spectrum.

Concerns have been raised that devices which use the mains power supply for Internet connections could impact on the military users in this key part of the radio spectrum potentially jeopardizing Homeland Security as well as causing interference to the reception of broadcast radio stations.

The entire NATO report (9Mb) can be downloaded from:
http://ftp.rta.nato.int/public//PubFullText/RTO/
TR/RTO-TR-IST-050/$$TR-IST-050-ALL.pdf

Broadband over Power Line (BPL) is also known as Power-Line Telecommunications (PLT) . Another term used is Ethernet Over Mains.

IEEE Article on BPL / PLT
http://www.southgatearc.org/news/december2008/
ieee_bpl_article.htm